Lamont, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50650. It stands on Lamont Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lamont quadrangle. 429 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLamont fell from 461 to 429 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 461 | |
| 2020 | 429 | -32 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1901 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Lamont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lamont between 2009 and 2015, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1284 UNION AVE LAMONT, IA 50650, IA |
| 23 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 205 CONCORD ST. LAMONT, IA 50650, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lamont: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollerman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ward Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Aurora Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Aurora Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wards Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Weston Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamont in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Lamont | $1,000,000 | Heavy rains of 4 to 8 inches caused flash flooding in the vicinity of Lamont, IA during the late evening hours of May 25th. The fast moving water washed out a bridge in town. The flood waters damaged 240 of the town's 280 homes. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamont | $300,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Lamont | $100,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in Lamont, IA during the morning of July 23. City crews had to sandbag the lift pump station due to the flood waters. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Lamont | $50,000 | A tornado formed 4 miles south of Lamont, IA in Buchanan County, tracked about 1 mile to the northeast before crossing into Delaware County. In Delaware County the tornado continued for about 13 miles to the northeast to Edgewood, IA. ||This entry is for the Buchanan County segment of the tornado. ||Numerous trees were snapped along the path. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lamont | $50,000 | A brief tornado enhanced by the rear-flank downdraft (RFD) winds moved east about 3.5 miles and lifted. Location and time estimated. Some outbuildings and trees along the path were damaged. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lamont | $20,000 | lemon size hail |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lamont | $4,000 | Hail of unknown size also reported falling in Winthrop 1833-1836 CST; based on radar trends and other reports, the hail is estimated at dime size (0.70 inch). |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamont | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lamont | - | Report relayed through county sheriff office. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamont | - | A local coop observer reported a cattle shed was destroyed and blown into a farm field. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Lamont | - | The emergency manager reported street flooding. |
| June 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Lamont | - | A trained spotter reported a wall cloud with some rotation and occasional short-lived funnel clouds. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamont | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 to 70 mph blew down a 24 to 30 inch diameter tree about 2 miles west of Lamont, IA at 1110 pm May 25. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lamont | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in Lamont, IA at 912 pm May 12. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Lamont | - | Golf ball-sized hail fell just west of Lamont, IA around 6:47 pm. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lamont | - | Penny sized hail reported by a trained spotter. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamont | - | Several tree limbs downed. |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Lamont | - | Flooding was reported near Highway 281 and Highway 150. Flooding was also reported south of Stanley near C57 and W33. Water covered Highway 187 south of Lamont. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Lamont | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Lamont | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lamont | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Lamont | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Stanley | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Winthrop | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Doris | 12.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hazleton | 13.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bryantsburg | 14.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gatesville | 14.8 miles | 11 | |
| Monti | 15.3 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lamont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1930340 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458215. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






